ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Armed Forces Western Mindanao Naval Command, in collaboration with the Bureau of Customs, recently intercepted a vessel allegedly carrying P13-million worth of undocumented cigarettes in the sea of Sulu province. Authorities held the motorboat with markings Rhomar Khayri...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P12.5 million and a gun and ammunition were seized in a checkpoint in Sulu province on Wednesday, July 30. The Luuk Municipal Police Station was conducting checkpoint operations when they flagged down three vehicles suspected of transporting illegal...
CAVITE – Authorities seized some P28 million worth of smuggled cigarettes and collared two suspects in a buy-bust operation in Trece Martires City, on Monday, July 14. Police Regional Office 4A (PRO 4A) identified the suspects as alias Jamir, a 32-year-old resident of Carmona, and alias Bayaw, a...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested two men and seized a shipment of smuggled cigarettes worth P25 million in an operation in this city on Monday morning. Police Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., chief of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO), identified the suspects as Vicente Garcia, 33, driver;...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes worth nearly P5 million in Iligan City on Wednesday, July 2. “The smuggled cigarettes were bound for distribution in Cagayan de Oro City when intercepted by personnel from the Traffic Enforcement Unit of the Iligan City Police Office (ICPO) and...
BUTUAN CITY – Police seized smuggled cigarettes valued at more than P20 million in the coastal area of Manticao town, Misamis Oriental province, on Saturday, June 21. Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Joann G. Navarro said eight suspected smugglers...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P43 million were seized and six persons were arrested during a seaborne patrol operation in Santa Cruz Island here on Wednesday, June 18. The Second Mobile Force Company was patrolling the area when they chanced upon two motorboats with markings...
BACOLOD CITY – Police recovered 11,450 reams of smuggled cigarettes valued at P12.8 million in Sitio Bagambang, Barangay Tiling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Monday, May 19. Police Capt. Reynaldo Bauden Jr., Bacolod Maritime Police Station chief, said two men were arrested for loading the...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel is warning consumers against buying imported white onions, following the recent seizure of smuggled onions that tested positive for salmonella and heavy metals. "If possible, please don’t buy imported onions because they may be...
President Marcos renewed his commitment to protecting public health, saying it is more important than recovering lost revenue from smuggling. DESTRUCTION OF DANGEROUS SMUGGLED GOODS — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the inspection and condemnation of seized smuggled electronic...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested three suspected smugglers and seized smuggled cigarettes valued at P2.8 million in a warehouse here on Tuesday, April 1. Police Col. Melvin Laguros, maritime police chief here, identified the suspects as Joveven Tanazao, van driver Jerome S....
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-10 confiscated smuggled cigarettes valued at P15.2 million in an abandoned house in Barangay Piraka, Sultan Naga Dimaporo town, Lanao del Norte province, on Wednesday, March 26. A confidential informant reported the presence of the contraband in the...
